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reprisal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪˈpɹaɪzəl/
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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman reprisaille (French représaille), from Old Italian ripresaglia (Italian rappresaglia), from ripreso, past participle of riprendere (“to take back”), from Latin reprendere, earlier reprehendere (see reprehend).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of retaliation.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Something taken from an enemy in retaliation.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The act of taking something from an enemy by way of retaliation or indemnity.
   • debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter I, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

counterreprisal · nonreprisal · antireprisal · letter of marque and reprisal

Translations (29)

fi kosto (retaliation) · fr représailles (retaliation) · cs represe (retaliation) · es represalia (retaliation) · tr misilleme (retaliation) · uk розпра́ва (retaliation) · ga díoltas (retaliation) · de Repressalie (retaliation) · ko 보복 (retaliation) · ru отве́тная ме́ра (retaliation) · de Vergeltungsmaßnahme (retaliation) · cs odveta (retaliation) · sv vedergällning (retaliation) · fi kostoisku (retaliation) · ru распра́ва (retaliation) · gd dìoghaltas (retaliation) · hu megtorlás (retaliation) · nb represalie (retaliation) · de Vergeltungsschlag (retaliation) · cs represálie (retaliation) · nn represalie (retaliation) · cs odplata (retaliation) · de Vergeltungsakt (retaliation) · be распра́ва (retaliation) · ja 報復 (retaliation) · fro merche (retaliation) · gd aicheamhail (retaliation) · mi ngakinga (retaliation) · it ritorsione (retaliation)